This is pretty cool - I get to
write a
paper on SOAP and its uses. Since a couple of things that I
use a lot
have recently come out with SOAP interfaces, I've got ready-made
examples. Other than that, I also acquired papers to do in
two more
classes: a 6-10 pager on SOAP, a 15 pager on some as yet
undetermined
topic in Senior Seminar, and a proof that will probably end
up being
between 8 and 10 pages in Combinatorics. Fun fun fun.

Hacking

Not a terribly large amount of
this going
on, beyond the fact that I get to show someone how to read data
records that span multiple lines in Perl. Other than that, I've
automated enough stuff that I'm comfortable with my system.
It's a
very odd feeling not wanting to make any massive
improvements on my
systems. More RAM would be nice, but that's minor.

Life

We broke all sorts of heat records
today,
and with the advent of summer comes one particularly
annoying plague
and one happy event. The happy event, of course, is ladies
finally
coming out from under the layers of sweaters and jackets.
The annoying
plague is the corresponding swarm of shirtless guys everywhere,
reminding me that I really did need to be working out over the
winter. So I walked down to the river and then did some work
on the
stair machine. Not much, but maybe it will have an effect
after a
month.

Other than that, not terribly much is going on.
I'm an
exceptionally boring person at times, and this is one of
them. I'm
still wondering if or how much I've fucked up with Emilia. The
opportunity to talk to her just hasn't presented itself, so
until it
does or I manufacture it, I guess I'll have to live in
mystery.

I'm really enjoying the
nightly walks
to the river, as they give me a chance to talk with friends,
find out what's going on in their lives, that kind of thing.
I was
informed that I was sending "mixed messages" this past
summer. It figures,
since my motivations were pretty mixed as well. I guess one
lives and
learns, neh?